Archive for December, 2010

England vs India cricket match at Fatehpuri Masjid Delhi

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Located at the western end of the oldest street of Delhi, Chandni Chowk, Fatehpuri Masjid was built in 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of Shah Jahan’s wives. The mosque is built with red sandstone on a large scale and is surmounted by a single dome.


Huge Pans and Panning in Chandni Chowk Delhi

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The long, wide Chandni Chowk street which is flanked by narrow alley ways, small markets and stalls selling everything from books to saris, is perhaps one of Old Delhi more famous attractions.

Flanked at one end by the majestic Red Fort, who size and unusual red stone make it an imposing destination in its own right and at the other by the less substantial but equally bewitching Fatehpuri Masjid – an old Mosque and Madrassa – it is a location rich in cultural diversity, opportunity and local colour.


Why you need a pullover to visit Humayums tomb

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The first of those was Humayum’s tomb, which I chose to visit at dawn, to catch the tranquility and the golden light and watch the sunrise over this beautiful mausoleum and park.